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          Digital Planet

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          • The AI bot that is claimed to be as accurate as a human doctor? by BBC World Service Jul 3, 2018
            Babylon Health has unveiled its new bot meant to allow patients to contact the bot via an app without an appointment, with the bot offering health advice based on what patients tell it. Click hears from Ali Parsa from Babylon and is joined by the...
          • New Voice for Radio Journalist by BBC World Service Jun 26, 2018
            US radio journalist Jamie Dupree is now back on air after losing his voice due to illness. Unable to broadcast, Edinburgh based company CereProc stepped in to help. Using radio archives of his reports they recreated his voice. Click hears from ...
          • New EU Copyright Regulations a Possibility by BBC World Service Jun 19, 2018
            A large group of Internet pioneers have sent an open letter to the European Union urging it to scrap a proposal to introduce automated upload filters, arguing that it could damage the internet as we know it. If passed the new regulation would requ...
          • China Exporting E-Waste to Nigeria by BBC World Service Jun 12, 2018
            China is exporting 20,000 tonnes of electronic waste to Nigeria every year, according to a new study. This is the first time that e-waste has been traced from Asia to Africa. Researchers monitored two ports in Lagos and found that almost 70% of ...

          iPM: Share What You Know

          iPM: We Start With Your Stories
          • What I finally said to my boss by BBC Radio 4 Yesterday
            A listener on an unexpected encounter with her boss and how she had the last word. Presented by Luke Jones. Let us know what his happening with you on ipm@bbc.co.uk
          • Shutting up shop by BBC Radio 4 Jun 29, 2018
            A listener closes his bookshop after 40 years on the high street. We have an update on the ashes Sheila has been keeping in her broom cupboard. Plus Zeb Soanes has Your News. Get in touch ipm@bbc.co.uk or @bbcipm Presented by Luke Jones and pro...
          • We bought an island by BBC Radio 4 Jun 22, 2018
            We're looking for somewhere to broadcast from. Small horses or small islands. iPM is the show that starts with your story. ipm@bbc.co.uk is how to get in touch. Presented by Luke Jones and Eddie Mair. Produced by Kate Collins.
          • 'The devil of all drugs' by BBC Radio 4 Jun 15, 2018
            A listener, who heard our series with a mother and daughter whose lives were changed by heroin, tells us about his experience with drug abuse. He lost his job and was admitted to rehab. But now things are looking better. ipm@bbc.co.uk Presen...
          • The cradle of rhythm and blues by BBC Radio 4 Jun 8, 2018
            A listener takes us round the Red Room club in Ealing, West London. In the 1960s, the venue was called the Ealing Club and was where The Rolling Stones and The Who played some of their earliest gigs. But there are fears that regeneration in the ar...
          • Is my tower block safe now? by BBC Radio 4 Jun 1, 2018
            The week the inquiry into the the Grenfell Tower fire starts, iPM talks again to a listener and former firefighter, who investigated his own high-rise tower block in Manchester. Plus Susan Rae reads our Your News bulletin. Presented by Luke Jo...
          • Home is where the shed is by BBC Radio 4 May 25, 2018
            Listeners on making homes, making gardens and living in a shed. Peter Gibbs from Gardeners' Question Time reads our Your News bulletin. Presented by Luke Jones and Eddie Mair. Produced by Cat Farnsworth. Email: ipm@bbc.co.uk. Twitter: @BBCiPM.
          • Hello, is it me you're looking for? by BBC Radio 4 May 18, 2018
            We hear from listeners taking a second chance on love. Jilly Cooper reads our Your News bulletin plus we hear from a listener in Jersey who was so frustrated by a local problem she decided to stand in the general election there this week. ipm@bb...
          • In the classroom by BBC Radio 4 May 11, 2018
            Two listeners on the challenges of teaching. One has been at the chalkface for 25 years, the other has been teaching almost a year. Plus Fi Glover from Fortunately reads Your News. Presented by Luke Jones and Eddie Mair.
          • My house is falling in the sea by BBC Radio 4 May 4, 2018
            Our listener Malcolm on trying to save his house. Another listener suggests we go wing walking with them but unfortunately due to rules we can't, so what a shame we'll just have to ask them about it instead. Plus BBC Radio 1's Alice Levine reads o...

          Pods and Blogs

          Outriders
          • The Final Edition by BBC Radio 5 live Apr 28, 2014
            Jamillah, Chris and Rhod look back on 9 years of the segment that looked at how people innovate with technology. Look out for the next incarnation online!
          • The Internet's influence on art by BBC Radio 5 live Apr 21, 2014
            This week Jamillah chats with author and curator Omar Kholeif about his new book collating essays by artists about the impact the Internet has had on the art world.
          • Heartbleed, the Radiophonic Workshop and word preserving robots by BBC Radio 5 live Apr 14, 2014
            This week Outriders looks at the Heartbleed bug, veterans of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop talk about the prospect of performing live at Glastonbury and how robots are helping to preserve a trillion words.
          • Worlds of Sound by BBC Radio 5 live Apr 7, 2014
            This week Jamillah Knowles finds out about the worlds of sound when we are online or immersed in gaming.
          • On the Map by BBC Radio 5 live Mar 31, 2014
            Jamillah finds out more about mapping - as an artistic pursuit, in the way of neocartography and in Minecraft.
          • Dancing with machines by BBC Radio 5 live Mar 24, 2014
            This week Jamillah and Rhod discover the ballet about Anonymous, how dancers can conduct music and how to knit your brainwaves.
          • Outriders and the Arts by BBC Radio 5 live Mar 17, 2014
            This week Jamillah has been learning about how art has been inspired by Alan Turing, how we might be able to explore the Tate with robots and why arts organisations can do well with a digital presence.
          • Symbols and signs by BBC Radio 5 live Mar 10, 2014
            This week Jamillah explores a new addition to Unicode, how emoticons show up in the brain and what it takes to create a clear symbol :)
          • Selfies, music and Venezuela by BBC Radio 5 live Feb 24, 2014
            This week Jamillah finds out about self-monitoring citizen media in Venezuela, how 'Selfies' reflect our culture and why social media might not be the cure for the music business.
          • Outriders & the animals by BBC Radio 5 live Feb 19, 2014
            This week Jamillah finds out how a fish can drive, what cats like to do with an iPad and how our environments could be changed to help working animals use technology.


          You and Yours - Health

          You and Yours - Health

            Woman's Hour: News, Politics, Culture

            Woman's Hour
            • Weekend Woman's Hour: Female songwriters, NHS at 70, Anne Tyler by BBC Radio 4 Today 8:52 am
              Woman's Hour Power List 2018: Women in Music. We hear from two young female songwriters Madison Paris and Sveltlana Onye about working in a male dominated industry. We celebrate the NHS at 70 speaking to retired nurse Eileen Balding who began her...